WEBVTT 00:00.040 --> 00:02.096 we got to look up a little bit about 00:02.096 --> 00:04.096 you and call that you were uh , you 00:04.096 --> 00:06.207 know , big time reporter should be up 00:06.207 --> 00:08.429 here doing some to me . Uh , me again . 00:08.429 --> 00:10.596 You tell us a little bit about how you 00:10.596 --> 00:12.818 got started in comedy and what you're a 00:12.818 --> 00:12.800 little bit about performing . Oh , you 00:12.800 --> 00:14.689 want to know how I got started in 00:14.689 --> 00:16.856 comedy ? Once you see me up on stage , 00:16.856 --> 00:16.730 you're gonna realize I never got 00:16.740 --> 00:18.962 started in accommodation . I'm going to 00:18.962 --> 00:21.129 give it my best shot . You know what , 00:21.129 --> 00:23.351 As far as I'm concerned , I'm just here 00:23.351 --> 00:25.462 to carry charlie Daniels luggage . We 00:25.462 --> 00:27.518 did this in Afghanistan and it was a 00:27.518 --> 00:29.629 ball . Uh , you know , we just get up 00:29.629 --> 00:32.160 on stage . Uh , if I were a commanding 00:32.160 --> 00:34.327 officer here , I'd be running scared . 00:34.327 --> 00:36.549 I wouldn't show up because that's gonna 00:36.549 --> 00:38.493 be , that's gonna be the easy shot 00:38.493 --> 00:40.549 tonight . Uh , so we're gonna make a 00:40.549 --> 00:42.493 little fun of the people who can't 00:42.493 --> 00:44.382 normally be made fun of , crack a 00:44.382 --> 00:46.660 couple of jokes and uh , then maybe uh , 00:46.660 --> 00:49.150 get a few people from the audience to 00:49.150 --> 00:51.039 participate a little bit . Yeah , 00:51.039 --> 00:55.030 should be fun . Uh , you want to 00:55.030 --> 00:59.000 come over to the tour , especially what 00:59.000 --> 01:01.111 you want to get out of . The reason I 01:01.111 --> 01:03.167 decided to come on this tour and the 01:03.167 --> 01:05.333 reason I went to Afghanistan about six 01:05.333 --> 01:07.556 months ago . Very simple . I was trying 01:07.556 --> 01:09.778 to figure out how I could say thank you 01:09.778 --> 01:12.190 and it's as simple as that . You know , 01:12.190 --> 01:14.990 whenever I see a member of the military 01:14.990 --> 01:17.157 walk through the airport and make it a 01:17.157 --> 01:19.500 point , just stop them and to say , I 01:19.500 --> 01:21.611 want to say thanks for everything you 01:21.611 --> 01:23.500 do ? But I thought there might be 01:23.500 --> 01:25.400 something more , um , something 01:25.410 --> 01:27.688 different that I could get involved in , 01:27.688 --> 01:29.854 which would help me express personally 01:29.854 --> 01:33.110 how thankful I am . That's the primary 01:33.110 --> 01:35.166 reason I did this . And if there's a 01:35.166 --> 01:37.460 secondary reason , uh , it's to go and 01:37.460 --> 01:39.640 spread a little bit of the good word 01:39.650 --> 01:42.860 about what's happening over here and 01:42.870 --> 01:45.210 I'm a weatherman , I'm not a hard news 01:45.210 --> 01:48.260 reporter and I don't need to get caught 01:48.260 --> 01:51.590 up in any of the politics or policy . 01:51.600 --> 01:54.860 To me , it's about the 01:54.870 --> 01:56.981 positives and the progress is being , 01:56.981 --> 01:59.720 which is being made on the ground and I 01:59.720 --> 02:01.170 am proud to tell that 02:01.170 --> 02:03.960 story . 02:04.340 --> 02:07.690 And what do you do when you go back to 02:07.900 --> 02:11.620 what ? Um , well when I go 02:11.620 --> 02:13.676 back , when I go back to , when I go 02:13.676 --> 02:15.676 back to the state after this tour , 02:15.676 --> 02:17.898 after spending , you know , a good week 02:17.898 --> 02:19.898 with charlie Daniels , I'm actually 02:19.898 --> 02:22.176 going to start my own country dan . Um , 02:22.176 --> 02:24.398 and the CBS news , you know , I figured 02:24.398 --> 02:26.509 just a week and hang around charlie , 02:26.509 --> 02:28.620 I'll be able to , you know , pick and 02:28.620 --> 02:30.620 fiddle with the best of them , know 02:30.620 --> 02:30.310 what am I going to do ? We're going to 02:30.310 --> 02:33.470 put together a series of reports on 02:33.480 --> 02:35.580 life here and on some of the neat 02:35.580 --> 02:37.960 things , which maybe don't ordinarily 02:37.960 --> 02:40.071 get to be seen on the evening news in 02:40.071 --> 02:43.070 the morning news , um , and highlight 02:43.070 --> 02:46.200 and showcase some of the great work and 02:46.210 --> 02:48.800 efforts of the men who weren't on the 02:48.800 --> 02:52.730 ground ? Have you already been able 02:52.730 --> 02:54.786 to hear some good stories ? Soldiers 02:54.786 --> 02:58.380 are ? Oh no , no , no . You know what , 02:58.390 --> 03:01.980 the minute you step on the ground , I 03:01.990 --> 03:04.212 heard great stories from soldiers . The 03:04.212 --> 03:06.101 minute I stepped on the ground in 03:06.101 --> 03:09.530 Germany , remarkable stories of heroics 03:09.530 --> 03:13.390 from , from soldiers and doctors that 03:13.390 --> 03:15.510 launched a medical center where we 03:15.520 --> 03:17.687 first out before we came over here and 03:17.687 --> 03:20.080 you know , soldiers , I mean every four 03:20.080 --> 03:22.191 or five steps you give somebody who's 03:22.191 --> 03:25.210 got some great story to tell and we're 03:25.210 --> 03:27.321 going to hear a lot of them and we're 03:27.321 --> 03:29.432 going to share a lot of them with our 03:29.432 --> 03:31.543 friends at home . You got a chance to 03:32.210 --> 03:35.420 hospitals how the soldiers , 03:35.740 --> 03:39.730 the soldiers 03:39.730 --> 03:41.674 were great . When we first arrived 03:41.674 --> 03:43.563 after , after I started telling a 03:43.563 --> 03:45.230 couple of jokes today , their 03:45.230 --> 03:46.897 conditions changed , which is 03:46.897 --> 03:50.790 unfortunate . Um , but on a serious 03:50.790 --> 03:54.390 note , here's the thing , the one 03:54.400 --> 03:57.250 universal response I got from the 03:57.250 --> 03:59.370 hospital here in kuwait from the 03:59.380 --> 04:01.491 medical center in Germany , No matter 04:01.491 --> 04:03.491 how seriously someone was injured , 04:03.491 --> 04:06.100 they want to get back , not back to the 04:06.100 --> 04:08.044 States . You want to get back with 04:08.044 --> 04:11.180 their , their troops , their comrades . 04:11.190 --> 04:14.650 And that's remarkable . You know , when 04:14.650 --> 04:17.680 you're hurt , you want to recover , 04:17.690 --> 04:20.190 normal people do . But these men and 04:20.190 --> 04:22.930 women are , are exceptional and it is , 04:22.940 --> 04:24.996 it is overwhelming And that's what I 04:24.996 --> 04:27.760 wish everybody at home got to see and 04:27.760 --> 04:31.090 our , it's fun . It is unbelievable . 04:31.100 --> 04:33.900 So what would you like to send troops 04:33.900 --> 04:35.960 that were able to make it you guys 04:35.960 --> 04:39.550 should you really missed a great 04:39.550 --> 04:42.600 charlie Daniels . Show my part , really , 04:42.610 --> 04:45.720 you didn't miss much . The message I 04:45.720 --> 04:47.831 want to send to the men and women who 04:47.831 --> 04:50.053 couldn't make it to the concert tonight 04:50.053 --> 04:52.164 is that we're here because we want to 04:52.164 --> 04:54.387 be not because we're required to be now 04:54.387 --> 04:56.553 because it's going to sell a couple of 04:56.553 --> 04:58.664 albums or get a couple more viewers . 04:58.664 --> 05:01.400 Um , and that were representative of a 05:01.400 --> 05:03.567 lot of other people who can't make the 05:03.567 --> 05:06.090 trip over and that everyone needs to 05:06.090 --> 05:08.330 know that . Forget about the politics , 05:08.340 --> 05:11.350 forget about the policies . We 05:11.360 --> 05:14.850 appreciate your support , your mission 05:16.170 --> 05:17.460 simple as that .